If a project involves the use of Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology, you will need to manage the connectivity between the Power Supply Device (PSE) and Powered Device (PD) devices involved in the project.
The PoE view within Project Editor allows you to create and manage your connectivity associations for PSEs and PDs.
This view displays all products designated as PSEs and PDs. It allows you to associate PSEs with PDs and calculate the port utilization and class utilization of the PSE to ensure enough power will be provided to the associated PD.
All associated PDs will display beneath the PSE they are associated with, which can be expanded and collapsed. These are followed by PSEs with no associations, followed by unassociated PDs.
The default display row color for associated PDs is gray, which can be changed in the Application settings under Control Panel.
The following are the columns in the PoE view.
Column | Description |
Type | This designates a product as a PSE or a PD. |
Power Budget | This displays the power budget for PSEs in watts. |
Watts | This displays the Watts for PDs. |
Min. PoE Class | This displays the minimum PoE class that is required for PDs. |
Port Utilization | This displays the percentage of available power used based on the watts assigned to all associated PDs.
The calculation is (Total Watts of Associated PDs) / (Power Budget of the PSE) * 100. |
Class Utilization | This displays the percentage of available power used based on the maximum wattage of the Min. PoE Class assigned to the ports for all associated PDs.
The calculation is (Total Maximum Watts of the Min. Poe Classes of Associated PDs) / (Power Budget of the PSE) * 100 |
PSE Terminal | This displays the terminal and PoE standard for the port on the PSE to which the PD is associated. |
Port ID | This displays the position port ID for the output of the PSE that the PD is associated with.
The port ID is the numerical position of the output in the I/O list for the PSE.
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Available Ports | This displays how many PoE ports the device has available, i.e., those not associated with a PD. |
Component ID | This displays the component ID for the PSE or PD. |
Location | This displays the assigned location for the PSE or PD. |
System | This displays the assigned system for the PSE or PD. |
Power Source Equipment (PSE)
A product is designated as a PSE on its Specifications tab.
When you designate a product as a PSE, Power Budget becomes a required field.
A field will be added to your outputs on the I/Os tab to set the PoE standard.
You can choose from PoE, PoE+, PoE++45W, PoE++60W, PoE++75W, PoE++90W, UPoE++60W, and UPoE++90W.
The PoE standard determines the ports that a PD can be associated with.
Powered Device (PD)
A product is designated as a PD on its Specifications tab.
When you designate a product as a PD, Watts and Minimum PoE Class become required fields.
Your choices for the Minimum PoE Class are PoE, PoE+, PoE++45W, PoE++60W, PoE++75W, PoE++90W, UPoE++60W, and UPoE++90W.
If you set a Min. PoE class and save the product before you set a value for watts, the wattage of the Min. Poe class selection will be used for the value of watts.
However, if a value > 0 is in the Watts field, the Min. PoE Class wattage will not overwrite the Watts value.
Associating PSE with PD
1/ Select a PSE and click the Associate button on the Tools tab (or use the right-click menu.)
The following window will open, displaying the PDs in the project that are not yet associated with a PSE.
2/ Select a PD and click the Associate button.
You will then be prompted to select an available PoE port on the PSE.
3/ Select the port and click OK.
If you attempt to connect a PD to a port that does not meet the watts of the PD, you will be prompted to choose another port.
If you attempt to connect a PD to a port that does not meet the minimum PoE class of the PD, you will be prompted to choose another port.
Disassociating PDs from PSE
1/ Select an associated PD or multiple PDs and click the Disassociate button on the Tools tab (or use the right-click menu.)
You will see a prompt similar to the one below.
2/ Click Yes.
You can also disassociate PDs from a PSE in the Specifications tab of the PSE.
Reporting
There is a PoE Items report that lists similar data to the PoE view.